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Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge

Abbeville County, South Carolina, and Elbert County, Georgia
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Aerial View From Georgia Side, Looking East

Photo taken by Historic American Engineering Record

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Map 

Facts 

Overview
Lost Deck plate girder bridge over Savannah River on Seaboard Coast Line Railroad
Location
Abbeville County, South Carolina, and Elbert County, Georgia
Status
Replaced by new bridge
History
replaced by a 1967 railroad bridge built 1/4 mile south of this location
Design
Deck plate girder
Approximate latitude, longitude
+34.08794, -82.64026   (decimal degrees)
34°05'17" N, 82°38'25" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
17/348673/3773121 (zone/easting/northing)
USGS topographic map
Heardmont
Inventory number
BH 37659 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

19th Century (3,999)
Abbeville County, South Carolina (7)
Built 1890 (152)
Built during 1890s (1,609)
Deck girder (2,164)
Elbert County, Georgia (10)
Georgia (403)
Girder (3,942)
 Lost (11,125)
Owned by railroad (4,902)
Plate girder (2,825)
Replaced by new bridge (7,616)
Savannah River (10)
Seaboard Coast Line Railroad (14)
South Carolina (270)
State line crossing (548)

Update Log 

  • October 16, 2008: Added by Kim Harvey

Sources 

  • Kim Harvey
  • HAER SC-6 - Seaboard Coast Line Railroad Bridge, Spanning Savannah River, Savannah River, Abbeville County, SC

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